Naze (Japan) Site History

History Summary

Station nameNaze
CountryJapan
Latitude28° 22.9' N
Longitude129° 29.8' E
GLOSS No. 
Contributor1965-1989: TOGA Sea Level Center
1990-1994: Japan Ocean. Data Center
1995-1998: Japan Meteorological Agency
Instrument TypeFUESS (1965-1967),
LFT-4 (1968-1980),
LFT-5 (1981+)
Site of Gauge 
Observational period1965 - present

Reference level

All heights have been referred to the station Tide Gauge Zero which is linked to fixed bench marks. However, further analysis of the data has lead to adjustments of the reference level in separate segments. The following adjustments were justified by obvious shifts in the hourly residuals. These adjustments are uncertain to a few centimeters.

Period ((hour)day/month/year)Value Added to Original(mm)
(15)31/12/67 - (14)29/02/68-300
(02)06/03/72 - (06)12/03/72300

The station was relocated to latitude 28° 22.9' N, longitude 129° 29.8' E on 16 December 1980. However, the bench marks of the original and new locations have been linked by levelling.

Quality assesment

Comment

The daily or monthly means do not reveal any obvious reference level shifts and agree well with a neighboring station Naha except for a possible datum shift of +25cm on 30 April 1969. Most questionable fluctuations are related to timing problems with the gauge.

YearCI(%)QI(%)Missing DataReplaced Gaps or Bad DataQuestionable Fluctuations
1965100100none(00)129-(23)129 (03)192-(10)192 (15)192-(23)192 (16)193-(23)193 (13)194-(23)194 (16)195-(23)195 (15)196-(23)196 (12)197-(23)197 (11)198-(23)198 (12)199-(23)199 (13)200-(23)200 (12)201-(23)201 (13)202-(23)202 (02)203-(23)203 (13)204-(23)204none
196610099nonenone362-365,271,273
19679696236-240,305-308,322-324,328-334(03)241-(23)241 (12)365-(18)365160-165,274,275,278-280,287-290
196810098none(11)061-(17)061none
1969968313-16,33-35,67-70,70-72,87-91,126-129,144-146(10)016-(16)016 (12)035-(04)036 (09)129-(23)129237-240,242,252,257,265-266,269-274,294,296-299,303-304,310-312,324-330,354-358,364-365
197097874-6,63-65,122-124,304-308none1-4,10-12,24,30,38,43,66-68,71,80-84,90,129,138,173,182-183,185,240-244,273,314-318,330
19719989120-124none87-91,128-131,215-222,233-235,249-254,261-262,277-278,299,301,306,316-319,338,352
19729994219-222none15-17,19-24,29-30,32,60,62-63,92-97,124-125,295,298-299
1973968892-94,181-184,297-298,351-353,355-359,363-365none1,6-8,22,33-37,48-53,257,281-291,299-301,314-316,328-329
1974987914-16,85-87,109-112,364-365noneSee comment above
1975001-135nonenone
197682761-3,9-12,14-17,24-28,51-53,73-76,78-87,101-103,113-119,126-128,129-131,136-139,140-141,149-152,179-181,185-187,206-209,211-213,303-304,311-313,316-318,327-337,340-343(01)023-(00)024 (01)090-(00)091 (06)152-(23)152 (09)326-(00)327 (03)121-(16)121See comment above
197799951-5,82-84(01)128-(13)128 (02)314-(22)314See comment above
197895941-5,91-96,97-100,101-102,152-155none83-88
1979979685-89,226-234nonenone
19809695128-132,293-296,303-305,308-310,331-335,339-342(17)330-(07)331none
19819695300-316nonenone
19829392136-138,331-337,339-348,349-358(23)321-(14)322 (15)325-(08)326none
1983938721-24,26-27,86-92,129-132,134-138,150-152,197-202,265-271(13)212-(23)212none
1984979635-48,303-306,335-340none211-212
1985989674-78,122-127(10)120-(23)120none
19869897309-317nonenone
19878988196-213,215-222,224-226,327-335,338-344none213-215
198892912-9,98-101,102-107,109-113,117-120,306-310,311-317none101-102
19899292194-212,356-365nonenone
19909595117-121,141-156nonenone
1991100100nonenonenone
1992100100nonenonenone
1993100100nonenonenone
1994100100nonenonenone
1995100100nonenonenone
1996100100nonenonenone
1997100100nonenonenone
1998989857-61,206-208,365nonenone